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AUTOCLAVING
Definition of AUTOCLAVING
verb
present participle and gerund of autoclave
noun
A strong, pressurized, heated vessel, as for laboratory experiments, sterilization, cooking or mineral processing.
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Word DNA
AUTOCLAVING inherits its ancestry from its root, AUTOCLAVE.
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,457)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, AUTOCLAVE · 3 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
AUTOCLAVING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 21 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 59, 18 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 59, 18 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
AUTOCLAVING starts with A and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AACGILNOTUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start AUTOCLA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 59
Could you have found AUTOCLAVING?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 59 - and most players walked straight past it.
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